Coin-controlled mechanism



3 Sheets-Sheet 2 w i Q A. C. DITTRICH COIN CONTROLLED HEQHANISM Filed my 14, 1920 Nov. 10, 1925- l aten ted Nov. 10, 1925.

UNITED 'S T'A T ES AUGUST G. DIT'IRIGH,

or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

- COIN-CONTROLLED MECHANISM,

7 Application filed May 14,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST C. Dlrrnior a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements. in Coin-Controlled. Mechanism, of which the following is a specification. k r a v This invention relates to coinv released mechanism, and more particularly to coin released phonographs, though its use not limited to such instruments. y Among the objects of my inventionare. to improve upon and to simplify the releasing mechanism of coin controlled devices; to encourage thrift; to provide means whereby the purchaser of a machine may be caused to pay for same as he uses it; and such further objects, advantages and capabilities as will later more fully appear. a 1 L My-invention further resides in the combination, construction, and arrangement of parts illustrated ingthe accompanylng drawings, and while I have shown therein pre ferred embodiments of.niy-invention, I desire it to be understood that the'same are intended to be illustrative only and not as limiting my invention. Q v Inthe drawings annexed hereto and torm inga part hereof, Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of av phonograph with, one form of my invention applied thereto, Fig. 2'is a similar view with another formoii my invention applied thereto, Fig, 3 ispa pla n view of a portion of Fig. 1, Fig. t is a vertical section of the coin box and locking mechanism shown in Figs. 1 and 3,]Fig, 5 is a vertical section at a right angle tothe section (if-Fig. 4 and substantially along the line 5-5 of said figure, Fig. 6 is a"cross sectional view substantially along the plane indicated by the line 66. Fig. 4, Fig. 7 is a plan view similar to Fig. 3, but showing a modified form of my construction applied to the machine, thiscorresponding' to 2, Fig. 8 is a vertical section of the con structionshown inFig, 7 Fig. 9 is a vertical section at a right angle to that shown ill-Fig 8, and Fig. .10 is a combined trans. verse section and plan to show the relative position of certain parts of the mechanism shown in Figs. Sand 9. I l I Q Referring in detail to the annexed drawings P designates the phonograph, T the phonograph table carrying therrecordR,

1920. Serial 11043813249.

. while G isthecontrolling mechanism comprising my present invention. v

i The coin controlfmechanism, .shownyin Figs-1. and 3 to :6 inclusive, comprisesa box l'having a cover 2,, hinged thereto and held in closed positionby'means ofa lock.

3. This box may be secured to a fixed part of the mechanismto be'co'ntrolled, by means of screws 4,, and in suchposition thatlthe, controlling element 5 project, out thru,

a holein the box and engage the movable part' whose motions ,are tov be; controlled.

thereby In this instance element '5 -is a brake adapted to engagethe flange ofaphono graph turn table T to prevent same fromrotating, This member 5 is held, inf this" instance, by a leverv 6 resiliently mounted,- pivoted at 7 and acted upon by a spring 8. As seenin Fig. 4 lever 6 is bent upwardly toform a loop in which issecuredone end of brake 5. This upwardly bent-portion. of lever 6 is slotted at 9 forthereception of one end of a bell-crank leverIlO, pivoted; at 11 and-actuated to locking position by means of a spring 12. .The other end of thisfbellcrank :lever extends laterally into a position to .be engaged by a coin 14,,ias' rteathra a slot 15 in the cover of the 'boxl l. Inside, of

the box andfpivoted at 16is alever carry},v

inga flat channeled member18,tliru which', the coin passes to unlocl'r-thedocking mamber. Lever 17; hasfa handle j 19 projecting outwardly thru ,one'side of the bOX LZvIM by the level may} bemanually actuated.-

Lever 17 is normallyheldjin raised position,

by means of a spring 20, secured tothe lever, andtothe box a i It will be S Qn hbmLiFig w ei lever 17 is" aetuateddowiiwai d-ly byim .15 and v permitted to roll downwardly, it will stopbetween pin21and th'egconcave upperwall-ofchannel18fso that said channel member is actuated downwardly'by of handle 19 its loweriiprojection7,221will the handle 19, pin 21 will be forced down-v wardlyand the. lower arm of bellcrank lever 10 will be forced out of engagement with slot 9 in lever 6, whereby the saI'I'leis ref leased to be so actuated that brakeb moves away from the phonograph; turntable. When handle 19 is released lever 17 moves upwardly ,under the tension of :spring" '20,

releasing coin 14 so that the same falls on the inclined member 23 and slides into box 24 through an opening in the side thereof. When the record has all been played lever 6 is moved over into positionso that the brake engages the turntable and stops the rotation thereof. hen. this happens lever will snap into place in slot 9 thereby locking the brake against the edge of theturntable, thus necessitating the use of another coin to release the same when it is desired to play another record. 7

In the form described above the control mechanism is in the nature of an attachment to be applied to the top of the phono graph adjacent the turntable, while the form shown in Figs. 2 and 7 to 10 inclusive it is built into and forms a part of the machine controlled In this form the top 25 7 33 which actuates the lever to release the brake from the flange of the turntable.

Pin 30 extending through slot 31 in the box cover normally engages a hole in a resiliently mounted member or lever 34, which has one end bent downwardly and laterally to lie in the path of the coin 14 when same is inserted thru slot 15 and passes downwardly thru tubular member 18 as in the preceding example. The laterally projecting portion 35' of member 34 .00." operates'with the upper concave. surface of member 18 to hold the coin 14 in position so that when arm 19 is moved downwardly member 35 and consequently the end of member 34; will likewise be moved downwardly to release pin 30 on lever 28, so that said lever maybe actuated by spring. 33 to release the turntable. The dotted lines in Fig. 10 extending from pin. 30 and appearing as a slot, indicate the path of, movement of pin 30 when same is released bymovement of the resilient member 34.

In this form a portion of one side of the phonograph is cut out and hung on hinges,

so as to form a door which may be locked by means of a lock3. Hung on the inside of this door is a box 37, which enters box 26' by means of a hole in one side thereof as shown in Fig. 8. It is obvious that. the purposeof this box 37 is to catch the coins inserted thru slot 15, when same are released by the actuation of the locking mechanism. The door 36 may be a metal plate hinged tothe side of the phonograph cabinetyas shown in Fig- 8.

lt apparent that if the machines are sold on the partial payment plan, to be paid for as used, the merchant may retain the keys to the cash boxes and send out an attendant periodically to openthe box and removethe coins therefrom, or the box B shown. in F ig- 1 may be made readily detachable so that same may be taken off and carried to the store to be opened and emptied of its contents. If this is used as a device to encourage thrift, the bank may retain the keys and send outsomeone periodically to collect the cash and enter the amount as a deposit in the individuals pass book. If the box shown in Fig. 1 is made readily removable, the individual may remove same and take it to the bank, have it opened and emptied of its contents, the amount being entered on the pass book as a credit. 'This device may have other uses, the foregoing being merely suggestions as illustrative 0 uses to which same maybe put.

Inasmuch as there are various ways inwhich the box shown in Fig. 1 may be made readily detachable, I will not attempt to describe them in detail, suflice it to say that the top of the phonograph cabinet may be perforated for the reception of screws, which may be passed upwardly to enter screw threaded perforations in the bottom of the box C, or the box may be provided with lugs which may extend downwardly thru the to o of the phonograph cabinet and be fastene in place on the inside of the top by, any suitable means such as screws; and washers or screws and a perforated plate, the screws passing thru the perforations in the plate and into the lugs on the bottom of the box, or slotted platesslidable on the, underside of the top of the phonograph cabinet and engaging in slots in the downwardly extending lugs on the bottom thisspecification and the appended claims: 7

to actuate said second named lever for the release of the first named lever.

52. In a mechanism of the character described, a box having an opening in one side thereof, a lever pivoted in said box and carrying a brake which extends out thru said opening in the side of the box, a second lever pivoted to the inside of the box and adapted to engage the first lever to hold the same substantially immovable, a third lever pivoted on the inside of the box and adapted to be actuated from the exterior thereof without actuating said second named lever, the third named lever carrying a tubular member adapted to receive a coin and having a part adapted to co-operate with apart of the second named lever to hold said coin in a definite position and to cO-Operate therewith for the release of the first named lever, when the third lever is actuated.

3. In a structure of the character described, a spring pressed lever carrying a brake and having means thereon adapted to be engaged by a second member whereby said lever may be prevented from movement upon its pivot, a member adapted to prevent the movement of the lever, a coin receiving tube adapted to co-operate with said last mentioned member to hold a coin, means projecting from the coin receiving tube whereby the latter may be moved and thru co-action of a coin it may cause movement of the lever retaining member, and resilient means to normally hold the coin receiving tube in nonactuated position.

4. In a mechanism of the character described, a box having a top provided with a coin receiving slot, a lever mounted inside of said box and carrying a coin receiving tube having an open end thereof in registry with the slot in the top, a resiliently mounted tubular member, said tubular member having a portion thereof adapted to co-operate with the projection on the resiliently mounted member to engage and hold a coin whereby said resiliently mounted member may be actuated by actuation of the lever, and a spring pressed brake carrying lever adapted to be locked by said resiliently mounted member so that the brake may be held in braking position.

5. In mechanism of the character described, a box having a top, a brake carrying lever pivotally mounted on said top, resilient means for actuating said lever, means on said lever extending thru said box top, and adapted to be engaged by'means inside of the box so that the lever may be locked in such position that the brake will act as such, a resiliently mounted lever inside of said box adapted to engage the means on said first named lever, a pivotally mounted coin receiving tube within said box having entrance and exit apertures, said resiliently mounted lever inside of said box having a projection thereon lying adjacent the exit aperture of the coin receiving tube. and cooperating with the tube and a coin upon movement of the former to cause release of the first named lever so that the brake may be released from active position.

6. In a mechanism of the character described, a box carrying a lever provided with a brake extending outside the box, said box also carrying a leverprovided with a coin recelving tube, and connectlons between the coin receiving tube and the first named lever such that when there is no coin in the tube the first named lever cannot be actuated lever, but when there is a coin in the tube such actuation can be caused.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe mv name to thls specification.

AUGUST 0. DITTRIOH. 

